Well, I didn't really grow up playing or listening to metal, like many of the kids I went to school with. I only got into it in my late teens, so when Marilyn Manson formed, it was at a time when I was still excited about approaching music from that angle.

I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.

What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.

Well, I didn't really grow up playing or listening to metal, like many of the kids I went to school with. I only got into it in my late teens, so when Marilyn Manson formed, it was at a time when I was still excited about approaching music from that angle.

I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.

There are kids out there that are into Iron Maiden and others who are strictly into industrial music, but they come for the same reason; they all like us and they different things out of the band's music.

Each member of the band has varied influences, and the same diversity is reflected in our fanbase.